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Néstor Prado
Real name: Prado, Néstor
Singer
(17 March 1937 - )
Place of birth:
General Pinto (Buenos Aires) Argentina
SONGS IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarras
Tango
La reja
Tango
Sol de medianoche
Tango
ARTISTS IN THIS ARTICLE
Abel Aznar
Alberto Di Paulo
Alfredo Sadi
Carlos Marchisio
Carlos Marcucci
Carmelo Santiago
Charlo
Ciriaco Ortiz
Eduardo Cortti
Enrique Cadícamo
Juan Carlos Thorry
Julián Centeya
Julio Jorge Nelson
Luis Stazo
Manuel Meaños
Manuel Sucher
Rodolfo Biagi
By
Todotango.com
e was born in General Pinto, province of Buenos Aires.
He made his debut as tango singer at age 9. When he was 13 he was called by Salvador Salerno to join his orchestra in which he stayed until age 19. When he was 22 he made his debut in the city of Córdoba with the orchestra led by Francisco Ararda, a musician strongly influenced by
Rodolfo Biagi
.
He appeared in several contests and festivals. He was awarded the Gardel de Oro at the sixth Tango Festival in the city of La Falda, Córdoba, in 1970 and the gold medal on the following edition.
At an event in homage to the painter Benito Quinquela Martín, he premiered a piece dedicated to this artist: “Color de quimera”, written by Gregorio and Elías Kaplán.
He sang on various theaters, and we highlight his appearances at the Candilejas, where he was introduced to the audience by
Julián Centeya
, at the General San Martín Thatre, at the Teatro de la Ribera with the group Las Nuevas Voces de Tango, at the Teatro Florida, introduced by
Ciriaco Ortiz
and
Manuel Sucher
and at the Teatro Esmeralda, with the show
Qué te pasa Buenos Aires
written by the bandoneon player Eduardo Corti.
He released the TV program "Peña de amigos", on Channel 9, conducted by Lidia Sánchez and Zabalza.
On television he worked for Channel 7, at a program conducted by
Julio Jorge Nelson
, on Channel 13 at Pipo Mancera’s Sábados Circulares and at Grandes Valores del Tango on Channel 9, conducted by Juan Carlos Torry.
He appeared on numerous radio programs on broadcastings of Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Uruguay.
Among his recordings we can highlight: for the Fermata label(1971), two numbers for the LP called
Los catorce de siempre
: “No te entiendo corazón” written by
Manuel Sucher
and
Abel Aznar
, and “
Sol de medianoche
” by
Charlo
and
Enrique Cadícamo
. Both with the accompaniment of the
Alberto Di Paulo
orchestra.
He recorded two records, one with the orchestra of
Luis Stazo
and the other with the orchestra led by F. Córdoba.
Lastly, he released a cassette with 10 songs with the guitar accompaniment played by Juan Carlos Gorrías, Paco Peñalba,
Alfredo Sadi
and the guitarrón of Juan Carlos Olivera, the tangos “
Amarras
”, written by
Carlos Marchisio
and
Carmelo Santiago
and “
La reja
” by
Carlos Marcucci
and
Manuel Meaños
are standouts.
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